Also see: Tiny House Design and Tiny House Map
I discovered Keith Levy’s blog, The Flying Tortoise, through a post on Lloyd Kahn’s blog. Pictured here is a 1956 Austin WFK home on wheels Keith stumbled across while it was being photographed for a television show in Waihi, New Zealand. You’ll find this and many more alternative homes on The Flying Tortoise.
EcoSpace has developed a modular prefab building system that provides relatively custom small homes from consistent parts.
Marganne posted a link to a story about IC Green on the Low Cost Community Housing Google group. IC Green is located in California and builds a wide range of structures from shipping containers. Great link Marganne!
SHED is an architectural firm in Seattle with a portfolio that includes several small space designs. The garage conversion pictured here is what caught my eye. Many of the homes you’ll see on their website are not tiny, but I liked seeing an architectural firm open to small spaces.
It’s always exciting to happen across a new small house construction project online. This time it’s a little off-grid cabin being built up on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. You can follow the step by step progress on the Solar Burrito Blog.
A few more interior photos of Ann Holley’s Protostoga have been posted on Tiny House Blog. This tiny home’s floor measures only 4’10” by 7’6” and at it’s widest measures 6’4” by 8’3”. So it’s just big enough for a full-size bed and a little space for a few personal items.
The most recent Radio Shedworking podcast focuses on the viability, benefits, and challenges of alternative workspaces like backyard garden offices.
John Wells at The Field Lab has been busy reworking the design for the off-grid swamp cooler he calls the Pepino II. This time around he’s using an Igloo cooler as the housing.
Derek Diedricksen has released the newest episode of the Tiny Yellow House. This time the focus is on a little tiny house fun. For all of Derek’s antics follow him at RelaxShax.
Joseph Sandy recently wrote up a short overview that explains the kind of projects that can be typically built without building permits.